What happened to the American Dream? Certainly not the Women’s Movement, or Ralph Nader, or presidents who initiated the WPA, the transcontinental railway, the Alaskan Highway, or push for clean water and clean air. Why don’t the 9,000 corporate lobbies and 12,000 corporate lobbyists and the Business Round Table members get behind rebuilding infrastructure, the rebuilding of our public educational system beginning with Head Start and support for AmeriCorps, this presidential initiative, the Republican Congress plans to cut out rather than leaving the plan for a cutback of $38 million due to sequestration.

Since the Supreme Court’s decision to endow Corporate America with the powers that the American citizenry hold why then doesn’t it waive its wand and give those companies so “ordained” the order to give up their tax loopholes at home and abroad. What are the roles for the American public in politics, if any? What are the roles for the citizens to shape and/or make policy in the USA? If this shape-and-make policy is strictly for politicians who are the beneficiaries and where are the list of these benefits spelled out specifically for both public and corporate citizens?

In today’s world, unfortunately, the tenor has become so disrespectful of people, places, governance that citizens have become second class in many settings much too often. Cash is King not the duly elected president and his Administration.

The current recession, the deepest in 70 years, is taking longer to abate so the economy can’t grow as fast as necessary. What corporate citizens come to the forethought as contributors to the downfall of Corporate America? G.E.? Goldman Sachs? U.S. Overseas Corporate Profits? Tea Party? Greed and corruption? The recycled misspeak factoids on all media outlets?

If we can’t be civil to each other during attempts to right wrongs in governmental processes, how can anyone even address leaving a legacy for the children in this and following generations? Let’s get to the bottom line before another day passes to think, speak, listen to reasons for any and all actions being taken, not to condemn them before some aspect of understanding has set in.

Could the Sun Journal establish an ongoing space in the Opinion Pages where one sentence paragraphs would be relevant to the thinking of each contributor? If a reader agrees, this idea is sound and could be significant as dialogue for legislators send your thoughts to the Opinion Editor.